Summer time has ended and Celeste, the security guard of a camping near the beach, is getting ready to close its doors. On her last night of work, during an intense storm, a family arrives asking for lodging after missing their return ferry and Celeste lets them in. While the family is settling in, a young child mysteriously disappears. Everybody participates in the subsequent search, while they fear she might have fallen into one of the chasms by the sea.

Vincent Le Port’s medium-length film is immersed in a mysterious and haunting atmosphere. Filmed in black and white, the only light sources come from the moon and the flashlights the main characters carry while they illuminate the camping and its surrounding forests. In an interview, Le Port has admitted to being inspired by Breton myths and legends for this dark tale. With his story he intends to humbly add to the local imaginary through Celeste’s legend.

Vincent Le Port was born in Brittany, France, in 1986. He completed a Film Direction degree at La Fémis. From 2008 to 2016 he has directed both documentary short films (Danse des habitants invisibles de la Casualidad; Minotaure Mein Führer) as well as fictional ones (Grand Guignol; Finis Terrae). The Chasm (Le gouffre) is his first medium-length film and, after debuting in February, it has already received the Press Award and the Special Jury Mention Award at Clermont-Ferrand’s latest edition, as well as other recognitions.

The Chasm is part of the Official Section of the 9th edition of the International Medium-length Film Festival La Cabina, which will take place from the 3rd to the 13th of November at the Filmoteca of Valencia.